Nurse – Traveling on Shabbat
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Question
Shalom Rav,
My wife is a nurse in the hospital in the newborn ward (babies after birth under supervision, not the nursery), and she has a shift on the coming Friday night from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. We live about a 30–35 minute walk from the hospital, and usually she walks when the weather allows. The question is whether in the current situation, which is a situation of danger, it is possible to be lenient and allow her to travel by car there and back?
Thank you very much!
My wife is a nurse in the hospital in the newborn ward (babies after birth under supervision, not the nursery), and she has a shift on the coming Friday night from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. We live about a 30–35 minute walk from the hospital, and usually she walks when the weather allows. The question is whether in the current situation, which is a situation of danger, it is possible to be lenient and allow her to travel by car there and back?
Thank you very much!
Answer
Shalom u’vracha
She is permitted to travel to the hospital by car driven by a non-Jew.
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